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The UC Team Members Heading for the Himalaya this September

The UC team members heading to the Himalaya in September represent the
disciplines of design, engineering and geology. They will test prototype
designs to improve the lives of researchers in the field.

Representing UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) and charged with the task of creating innovative, workable solutions to improve living and working in extreme environments are

UC's Alex Corbin, Jon Lowry and Brian Davies work on the support legs for the sleeping platform.

Brian Davies, associate professor in UC’s School of Architecture and Interior Design

Alex Corbin, a recent graduate from UC’s baccalaureate architecture program

Jon Lowry, a recent graduate from UC’s master’s program in design

Representing UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) and charged with the task of adapting materials to improve living and working in extreme environments are

Jainagesh Sekhar, UC professor of engineering (Sekhar will not actually accompany the group to the Himalayas.)

Patrick Myers, UC graduate student in engineering (Myers will not actually accompany the group to the Himalayas.)

Santeri Potticary, UC undergraduate student in engineering

Representing UC’s McMicken College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and serving as the target user group for the new prototype designs are

Lewis Owen, professor and head of UC’s geology department

Craig Dietsch, UC associate professor of geology

Kate Hedrick, UC doctoral student in geology

Joshua Brafford, UC undergraduate in geology

Brooke Crowley, UC assistant professor in geology

Gianna Evans, UC master’s student in geology

Todd Longbottom, UC master’s student in geology

Gary Motz, UC doctoral student in geology

John Nealon, UC doctoral student in geology

Natashia Pierce, UC undergraduate in geology

Rebecca Potter, UC undergraduate in geology

Christine Rahtz, UC undergraduate in geology

Julia Wise, UC master’s student in geology

Other geologists joining the research expedition include

Scott Reynhout, UC geology alumnus

Alejandro Carrillo Chavez of the Centro de Geociencias, National Autonomous University of Mexico